Cow protection movement

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Cow protection movement

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The '''cow protection movement''' is a predominantly [[Hinduism|Hindu religious]] and political movement aiming to protect [[Cattle|cows]], whose slaughter has been [[Cattle slaughter in India|broadly opposed]] by [[Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Jainism|Jains]], [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] and [[Sikhs]].{{cite book|author=Lisa Kemmerer|title=Animals and World Religions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fidwAgAAQBAJ|year= 2011|publisher= Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-979076-0|pages=58–65, 100–101, 110}}{{cite book|author= Clive Phillips|title=The Welfare of Animals: The Silent Majority |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=eq28F0MMrhIC |year= 2008|publisher= Springer |isbn=978-1-4020-9219-0|pages=98–103}}[a] {{cite book|author1= Robert J. Muckle|author2=Laura Tubelle de González|title= Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUACwAAQBAJ |year= 2015|publisher= University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0863-4|pages=299–300}}; [b] {{cite journal | last1=Eliasi | first1=Jennifer R. | last2=Dwyer | first2=Johanna T. | title=Kosher and Halal | journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=102 | issue=7 | year=2002 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90203-8 | pages=911–913| pmid=12146548 }}; [c] {{cite book|author=Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair|title=Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdhLAQAAQBAJ |year= 2013|publisher= Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-4411-0231-7|pages=171–172}} While the opposition to slaughter of animals, including cows, has extensive and ancient roots in Indian history, the term refers to modern movements dating back to colonial era British India.''Religious Nationalism, Hindus and Muslims in India'', Peter van der Veer, pp. 83-94, {{ISBN|0-520-08256-7}}. The earliest such activism is traceable to [[Namdhari]] (Kooka) [[Sikhs]] of [[Punjab]] who opposed cow slaughter in the 1860s.{{cite book|author1=Barbara D. Metcalf|author2=Thomas R. Metcalf|title=A Concise History of Modern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7UgAwAAQBAJ| year=2012|publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn= 978-1-139-53705-6|pages=152–153}} The movement became popular in the 1880s and thereafter, attracting the support from the [[Arya Samaj]] founder [[Dayananda Saraswati|Swami Dayananda Saraswati]] in the late 19th century,''From Plassey to Partition, a History of modern India'', Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa, p. 240, {{ISBN|81-250-2596-0}}. and from [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in the early 20th century.
The '''cow protection movement''' is a predominantly [[Hinduism|Hindu religious]] and political movement aiming to protect [[Cattle|cows]], whose slaughter has been [[Cattle slaughter in India|broadly opposed]] by [[Hindus]], [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Jainism|Jains]], [[Zoroastrianism|Zoroastrians]] and [[Sikhs]].{{cite book|author=Lisa Kemmerer|title=Animals and World Religions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fidwAgAAQBAJ|year= 2011|publisher= Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-979076-0|pages=58–65, 100–101, 110}}{{cite book|author= Clive Phillips|title=The Welfare of Animals: The Silent Majority |url =https://books.google.com/books?id=eq28F0MMrhIC |year= 2008|publisher= Springer |isbn=978-1-4020-9219-0|pages=98–103}}[a] {{cite book|author1= Robert J. Muckle|author2=Laura Tubelle de González|title= Through the Lens of Anthropology: An Introduction to Human Evolution and Culture |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3FUACwAAQBAJ |year= 2015|publisher= University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1-4426-0863-4|pages=299–300}}; [b] {{cite journal | last1=Eliasi | first1=Jennifer R. | last2=Dwyer | first2=Johanna T. | title=Kosher and Halal | journal=Journal of the American Dietetic Association | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=102 | issue=7 | year=2002 | doi=10.1016/s0002-8223(02)90203-8 | pages=911–913| pmid=12146548 }}; [c] {{cite book|author=Arvind-Pal Singh Mandair|title=Sikhism: A Guide for the Perplexed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdhLAQAAQBAJ |year= 2013|publisher= Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-4411-0231-7|pages=171–172}} While the opposition to slaughter of animals, including cows, has extensive and ancient roots in Indian history, the term refers to modern movements dating back to colonial era British India.''Religious Nationalism, Hindus and Muslims in India'', Peter van der Veer, pp. 83-94, {{ISBN|0-520-08256-7}}. The earliest such activism is traceable to [[Namdhari]] (Kooka) [[Sikhs]] of [[Punjab]] who opposed cow slaughter in the 1860s.{{cite book|author1=Barbara D. Metcalf|author2=Thomas R. Metcalf|title=A Concise History of Modern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7UgAwAAQBAJ| year=2012|publisher= Cambridge University Press|isbn= 978-1-139-53705-6|pages=152–153}} The movement became popular in the 1880s and thereafter, attracting the support from the [[Arya Samaj]] founder [[Dayananda Saraswati|Swami Dayananda Saraswati]] in the late 19th century,''From Plassey to Partition, a History of modern India'', Śekhara Bandyopādhyāẏa, p. 240, {{ISBN|81-250-2596-0}}. and from [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in the early 20th century.
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